GOP House committee chairs are all white males

Thursday

Nov 29, 2012 at 4:16 PM

The notion that demography is destiny in American politics seems lost on the Republican majority in the U.S. House, as we see HERE:

House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) announced who will chair all of the major House committees in the next Congress. And it turns out they all have something in common besides party affiliation: they’re all white men.

There isn’t a single woman or minority included in the mix of 19 House committee chairs announced Tuesday — a stark reality for a party desperate to appeal to women and minorities after both groups overwhelmingly rejected Republicans just weeks ago ...

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Pat Cunningham

The notion that demography is destiny in American politics seems lost on the Republican majority in the U.S. House, as we see HERE:

House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) announced who will chair all of the major House committees in the next Congress. And it turns out they all have something in common besides party affiliation: they’re all white men.

There isn’t a single woman or minority included in the mix of 19 House committee chairs announced Tuesday — a stark reality for a party desperate to appeal to women and minorities after both groups overwhelmingly rejected Republicans just weeks ago ...